So, I'm a little confused

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i didn't know where to post this exactly, so I'm guessing it's here

Back to my problem.
So, I just installed a 9600GT into one of my house computers today, and right after installation, on bootup, it gets past the windows logo sign and loading and then a blue screen and it just restarts. I guessed this was a memory error, so i switched the two sticks of memory for my brand new computer's memory(which works perfectly), but alas, no success. I read online maybe it might be a corrupt file, so i tried reformatting, at 99%, i got the same blue screen. So I switched back in my old 7600GT, same problems. I'm uterly lost and confused, I don't know what the problem could be here... The computer build has been running for a good 6 months now with absolutely no problems

does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance guys!

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I think this may be a Hard Drive Issue. Can you try another Hdd and see if you still have the same problems

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If a HDD issue, is there anyway to salvage it without buying a new one?

If a HDD is failing, there's no real way of fixing it. You can pick them up quite cheaply these days though. It would be useful to know the contents of the bluescreen, if you are able to access that.

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Well, the error message says something like:

The computer has detected new hardware installation, but has run into some sort of problem. Remove the hardware and try again
something along those lines
with of course the "Memory_Management" Error. Under all that is:

STOP: 0x0000001a (0x00041284, 0xDD371001, 0c000009B1, 0xC0C00000)

So, I just swapped out the HDD, and the computer worked fine, and so I put the old one back in and it's now letting me format it and install windows.
So, if the HDD works this time, does it mean that it will continue to periodically get this error until it just dies?

Your first post states a 9600 GT. That's a video card, right? The blue screen states it has a problem with new hardware, not hard drive. To me the new video card is the problem. Make sure the new card is seated properly and power is supplied to it. It could overheat right away if it doesn't have power for the fan.

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Well, I know it's not the video card. I've been troubleshooting it. The computer works fine with my HDD in there, and also with my old 7600GT. The other HDD doesn't want to work in my new computer, so I'm guessing it is a failing HDD, which BTW refuses to respond again...